Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America /

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The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. This book offers a reexa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Donegan, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social history > Historiography.
Social conditions
Historiography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Historiography.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Colonization > Historiography.
Colonization.
British colonies.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Frontier and pioneer life > United States > Historiography.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States > Sources.
United States.
Barbados.
America.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amerique > Historiographie.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amerique > Histoire > Sources.
Barbade > Colonisation > Historiographie.
Barbade > Colonisation > Histoire > Sources.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865 > Historiographie.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865 > Histoire > Sources.
États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale) > Historiographie.
États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Historiography.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > Sources.
Barbados > Colonization > Historiography.
Barbados > Colonization > History > Sources.
United States > Colonization > Historiography.
United States > Colonization > History > Sources.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865 > Historiography.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865 > History > Sources.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Historiography.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Sources.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : unsettlement
  • Roanoke : left in Virginia
  • Jamestown : things that seemed incredible
  • Plymouth : scarce able to bury their dead
  • Barbados : wild extravagance
  • Afterword : standing half-amazed.

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